Adjustable visor for vehicle windshields



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- H. D. NATERMAN v ADJUSTABLE VISOR FOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELDS Filed Feb. 2'? 1922 1-i- VIII/4: 71/14 I To all whom it may concern i ir f sr HENRY n. NATERMAN, or Los ANGELES, cemroaiirag assrenoa are-n. /r. KUPrnR, I or PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 1 I "nniosraennjvrsoaroa VEHICLE wmssmem's. g I

App1ication fi1cd February 27,1922, Serial No. 539,447.

Be it known that I, HENRY D. NATERMIABIT, a citizen of the-United states residing at 'Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Visors for Vehicle /Vindshieldabf which the following is a specification. 7 I

My invention relates to visorsadapted to l be adjustably attached to the top .of the frame of the upper front wind shields of auto vehicles, and is designed to protect the eyes of the accupants of the front seat of the vehicle from the glaring rays of'light a device of the class above mentioned which emanating from the sun'or the headlights of an approaching vehicle, as well as pre venting rain from drifting on to the occupants between the wind shield and the vehicle top. I

The object of my invention is to provide applied to vehicle wind shields of different widths withoutnecessitating the forming of the visor in adjustable sliding sections as has heretofore been the'practice 1n the manufac-' ture of visors ofthis character.

A still further object of my invention is to provide means whereby the visor may be readily and conveniently adjusted to various angles by the vehicle driver while occupying his usual seat. a

Still another object is'to provide a construction for holding the visor tightly in its adjusted positionin such manner as to eliminate all rattling noises which are very often present in visors of this character.

Other objects of my invention will be more fully disclosed in the following. description and will be illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1' is a top edge view of a wind shield showing my visor applied thereto, it being broken out in the middle to indicate greater width.

Fig. 2 is a sectionthrough the same taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fi 4 is a section'similar to Fig. 2 showing tie visor member attached to the securthe same.

mgmechanism in an alternative mannerin order that it may ,beqiaccommodated "to vehicles having'tops which project forward overthe wind shields" fora'n unusual distance.-

Fig. 5 is a section through'thevisor'member bar.

illustrating a means for stiffening .Fig. 6 is an I enlarged sectional View through the same taken onthe line 66 of i I F1 5. in I the upper .front wind shield ofan auto carrying out myfinvention represents vehicle andf6 my visor device. Thevi'so-r device comprises the visor member 7, quadrangular 1n shapeyand' preferably formed of thin sheet metal which is corrugated for j a the purpose of stiffeningthe .sam'e'to give both lightness and strength, and thus elimi- I hate the vibrationwhich would bepresent were heavy metal used; j

The visor member 7 is bolted at its inner edge by means of bolts 8 tea transverse .metal bar of strap metal 9, having its ends bent 'at rightangles to form ears 10, said ears being providedwith oppositelydisposed: perforations 11 through which the bolts pass.

- I Adapted to be clam ped to the topraili of the frame of the wind shield 5 are the 'oppositely disposed U. shaped clamping memhere 13, thedownwardly.disposed legs thereof straddling said frame and the inner leg being provided witha clamping finger bolt 14. Secured to the outer legs of the -U a shaped clamping members by means of rivets 15 are the extension members 16 which are preferably formed of strapmetal and :I I

extend outwardly towardopposite sides of the wind shield and have their ends bent at.

right angles to form ears17 which are pro vided with perforations 18 adapted to register with the perforations 11 andtalso to receive the bolts 12.

Interposed between the cars 10 and 17 and surrounding the bolts 12 are the frictional washers 19 preferably formed of leather, and interposed between the heads 20 of'bolts 12 and the ears1'1-0 are the spring washers 21. I

The bolts 12 are provided with the winged clamping nuts 22 and interposed between these nuts and theears 17 are the leather 7 to the visor by means of one of the bolts 8 andextends between the vehicle top 26,

shown in dotted lines, and the upper surface of the wind shield 5 into t e vehicle, vithin easy reach of the driver.

On some vehicles the top 26 extends for quite adistance forwardly and downwardly ofthe wind shield, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and in these cases the top would interfere-with the visor member. In order to overcome this objection I have detachably secured the visor lrember 7 to the bar 9.

this construction it will be obvious that the visor member may be removed, the bar 9 given a half turn on its pivot, and thus be lowered to clear the vehicle top and the visor member may again be secured thereto,

shown in Fig. 4.

In order to form a close joint between the visor member 7 and the vehicle top the inner edge of said visor member is turned upwardly at a right angle to form a lip 27, thus preventing the rain from beating into the vehicle over the top of the windshield.

By forming the extension member 16 in the manner described it will be apparent th is the visor member may be made of a width equal to the width of the widest .wind shield and yet readily accommodate itself to wind shields of lesser width, thus, assuming that the wind shield asshown in Fig. 1 is the widest made, it will be obvious that the visor may be attached to a shield of a width equivalent to the distance between the dotted lines 28.

By attaching, my visor to the wind shield it will be obvious that it will not in any manner interfere with the attaching of side curtains to the car as is often experienced when other types of visors are employed.

'un dcr surface In order that the bar of strap metal 9 may be made of thin material for the sake of lightness and still be stiffened and prevented. l'rom sagging in the middle, I employ the following mounted underneath the bar member 9 is a truss member which is secured at its opposite ends to said bar'member by means of the bolts 8 and is provided midway between its ends with athreaded aperture for the reception of a screw 31, the end of said screw being adapted to engage with the of member '9. l3y his construction it will be obvious that by an adjustment of screw 31 the central portion of the member 9 will be braced and held from What I claim is: i

1. In avisor for vehicle wind shields, a pair of visor supporting bearingsy-a visor .mounted to pivot in said bearings, the free ends of said bearings being oppositely disposed and extending inwardly towards each other, and a wind shield clamp secured to each of the free ends of said bearings.

2. In a visor for vehicle wind shields, a pair of visor supporting bearings, a visor friccionally and pivotal'ly mounted in said bearings, the tree ends-of said bearings being on iositel' dis osed and extendinai inwardly towards each other along the inner or pivotal edge 01. said visor, and a wind shield clamp secured to each of the free ends of said bearings.

3. ln a visor for vehicle wind shields, a pair of visor supporting bearings, a visor trictionally and pivotally mounted in said bearings, the free ends of said bearings being oppositely disposed and extending inwardly towards each other along the inner or pivotal edge of said visor, a wind shield clamp secured to each of the free ends of and a rearwardly extending;- visor operating; arm rigidly secured to the pivotal edge oi said visor. 7

In witness that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto subscribed my name this 3rd day of February, 1922.

HENRY D. NATERMAN;

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